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Politicians in California want to remove bike lanes from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. During the public hearing, a top official was driving his car (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34331173

Politicians in the Bay Area want to remove bike lanes from the Richmond-San Rafael bridge because they are worried about traffic congestion.

Cyclists say removing these bike lanes will put them in danger.

https://richmondside.org/2025/08/05/richmond-san-rafael-bridge-bike-path-final-vote/

https://bikeeastbay.org/rsr2024-2/

During the public hearing, commissioner Karl Hasz was spotted driving his car

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Is it wide enough to ge another lane for cars? Would that actually reduce traffic at all?

Im not anti-car, but is there any benefit to this? It seems really unlikely

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    While it is wide enough, it would be counterproductive for traffic flow to allow vehicular traffic there. The bridge currently has 2 lanes, and the highway beyond is also two lanes -- so having a 3rd lane on the bridge would just lead to a zipper-merge situation that would back traffic up.

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